Question: Different teaching styles: teacher/student centered and motivation
What is the problem or issue?
To learn how teacher methods and student learning styles both influence the learning outcome.
Why is this issue important?
What is the historical roots of this problem? What has been tried in the past?
What are the current approaches?
How does this problem/issue relate to RI schools? Is there evidence of a connection to the schools/districts/communities that we researched earlier?
What are your views, opinions, concerns, or solutions related to the problem?
Intro: What is the problem or issue? Why is it important? Summary & Use:
This article was used to inform the reader about what student-centered teaching was versus teacher-centered teaching in the classroom. It also spoke about how each individual teacher has their own teaching preference and how they develop a style of teaching based on what they believe is good teaching. This article also offers a chart which lays out what constitutes a student or teacher-centered class. This article would be very useful to someone who is looking to learn the differences between student-centered and teacher-centered instruction.
Michigan State University. (2006, December). Teaching styles. Virtual University Design and Technology. Retrieved December 16, 2009, from http://vudat.msu.edu/teach_styles/
Historical Roots Summary & Use:
Both article talk about John Dewey who was one of the first people to demonstrate interest in student-centered and teacher-centered learning. The articles offer a brief background of John Dewey's life and his accomplishments especially with in the educational system. The purpose of these articles was to show how long ago (1956) there were issues within the educational system.
Definition of Student-centered teaching Summary & Use:
This article was written by a professor in college and it is about his own personal experience with teacher-centered vs. student-centered teaching in his classroom. The professor always thought he was teaching a student-centered class but when he was evaluated, the colleague informed him that he actually had more of a teacher-centered class. This article supports the idea that either type of instruction (student-centered or teacher-centered) works better in certain classes. For this class it was teacher-centered because the professor was teaching pre-service teachers to become good teachers.
Stiggins, R. J. (1997). Student-centered classroom assessment. Merrill Upper Saddle River, NJ.
O'Neill, Geraldine, & McMahon, Tim. (2000). Student-centered learning: What does it mean for students and lecturers? Emerging issues in the
practice of University Learning and Teaching. Retrieved December 16, 2009, from zotero:attachment/422/
Definition of Teacher-centered teaching Summary & Use:
This article discusses the theory that teacher-centered learning should be replaced by student-centered learning. It also proposes the idea that if we are failing to consider misalignment between student expectation and preparation in our own training, then student-centered approaches can be no more effective than teacher-centered ones. The purpose of this article is the show that the teacher must evaluate, prepare, assess, plan, and acknowledge in order to have a balance between the two theories in the classroom.
Kain, Donna. (n.d.). Donna J. Kain - Teacher-Centered versus Student-Centered: Balancing Constraint and Theory in the Composition Classroom - Pedagogy 3:1. From The Classroom. Retrieved December 16, 2009, from http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/pedagogy/v003/3.1kain.html
What are the current approaches? What is happening in RI? Summary & Use:
These articles talk about the overall current approaches to student-centered and teacher-centered learning/teaching and a bit about what is going on not only in Rhode Island but in schools all across the United States. It talks about how no matter what a good teacher will create a lesson plan that works for every student in the classroom. The article about Urban students states what students think constitutes a good teacher. They say that a good teacher is one who makes sure students do their work, control the classroom, help students, explain assignments clearly, vary the classroom routine, and take the time to get to know their students. The prupose of this article is to support the idea that either forms of learning (student or teacher-centered) can work in the classroom and that perhaps a bit of both should be used.
- What is the problem or issue?
To learn how teacher methods and student learning styles both influence the learning outcome.Intro: What is the problem or issue? Why is it important?
Summary & Use:
This article was used to inform the reader about what student-centered teaching was versus teacher-centered teaching in the classroom. It also spoke about how each individual teacher has their own teaching preference and how they develop a style of teaching based on what they believe is good teaching. This article also offers a chart which lays out what constitutes a student or teacher-centered class. This article would be very useful to someone who is looking to learn the differences between student-centered and teacher-centered instruction.
Historical Roots
Summary & Use:
Both article talk about John Dewey who was one of the first people to demonstrate interest in student-centered and teacher-centered learning. The articles offer a brief background of John Dewey's life and his accomplishments especially with in the educational system. The purpose of these articles was to show how long ago (1956) there were issues within the educational system.
Definition of Student-centered teaching
Summary & Use:
This article was written by a professor in college and it is about his own personal experience with teacher-centered vs. student-centered teaching in his classroom. The professor always thought he was teaching a student-centered class but when he was evaluated, the colleague informed him that he actually had more of a teacher-centered class. This article supports the idea that either type of instruction (student-centered or teacher-centered) works better in certain classes. For this class it was teacher-centered because the professor was teaching pre-service teachers to become good teachers.
- Stiggins, R. J. (1997). Student-centered classroom assessment. Merrill Upper Saddle River, NJ.
O'Neill, Geraldine, & McMahon, Tim. (2000). Student-centered learning: What does it mean for students and lecturers? Emerging issues in thepractice of University Learning and Teaching. Retrieved December 16, 2009, from zotero:attachment/422/
Definition of Teacher-centered teaching
Summary & Use:
This article discusses the theory that teacher-centered learning should be replaced by student-centered learning. It also proposes the idea that if we are failing to consider misalignment between student expectation and preparation in our own training, then student-centered approaches can be no more effective than teacher-centered ones. The purpose of this article is the show that the teacher must evaluate, prepare, assess, plan, and acknowledge in order to have a balance between the two theories in the classroom.
What are the current approaches? What is happening in RI?
Summary & Use:
These articles talk about the overall current approaches to student-centered and teacher-centered learning/teaching and a bit about what is going on not only in Rhode Island but in schools all across the United States. It talks about how no matter what a good teacher will create a lesson plan that works for every student in the classroom. The article about Urban students states what students think constitutes a good teacher. They say that a good teacher is one who makes sure students do their work, control the classroom, help students, explain assignments clearly, vary the classroom routine, and take the time to get to know their students. The prupose of this article is to support the idea that either forms of learning (student or teacher-centered) can work in the classroom and that perhaps a bit of both should be used.
My opinion, views, concerns, or solutions & conclusion